Is AI use outpacing the evidence standards of audit and finance?

Audit and finance teams are moving sensitive data into unsecured AI tools faster than regulators can establish evidence standards, creating a gap between informal AI adoption and the documented audit trails now required by COSO, PCAOB AS 1105, and Canada's OSFI E-23. AI outputs cannot serve as audit evidence without documented processing logic and human verification, forcing finance leaders to choose between operational speed and evidentiary rigour.

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